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The Grey Cup in Regina in 2013 sold out by July 17th, a mere 3 weeks into the season. 44,000+ tickets.

Must only be in Saskatchewan then...you know, since it's probably your cousin.

Not to highjack the thread, but speaking of highlight games in the dog years, this one will also stand out for me for a long time. The win was great, but seeing Casey Printers cry on the sidelines after was epic.

Yvenson Bernard also had over 100 yards as well that game. 350+ yards combined rushing. Those guys cut through the BC defense like a hot knife through butter.

You have to admit, calgarys lb core is much more talented then ours with the exception of bass (if current trends continue) randle really ought to be back in the secondary and hurl, while coming along, is no simpson. It cant be at all shocking that we would want to add a simmons to our group after seeing how well he can ball while in ottawa. but doing nothing in his 2 years in Toronto and then not even being able to crack the game day roster in Calgary has to be a concern right? I'm going to temper expectations and take a wait and see approach before jumping all over one good year in a poor defence. Was it a poor Defence though? I remember it being pretty solid. The ottawa Offence was horrible last year and lost them plenty of games. But I thought the D was decent. Ottawa ranked last or second last in most of the defensive categories last season.

Today's his birthday.

Okay.

Hard to really avoid putting the title on anyone not on the o-line. Removing Bucknor would have a lesser impact in the game than removing Picard or Neufeld. But that's as I said before a function of an attention grabbing spot vs. a spot that you can traditionally hide a weaker player in. Doesn't mean the guy in the hidden spot is better, just that it's less obvious on a play to play basis. I also believe it's a function of the OL struggling as a group where as the secondary outside of Bucknor is pretty ******* good. "Traditionally" maybe you do hide a weaker player at Bucknor's position, but does that put him in the weakest player category by default? I'll concede that Picard is in a more obvious, and more scrutinized position, but his gaffes have been more costly to the team than anything that Bucknor has done. Really? Cause Bucknor getting picked on has lead to a bunch of TD and 2 point converts being given up. The guy was **** last year too but he made a lot of tackles so people mistakenly thought that was good. No it just means teams were picking on him. Clueless Alicia Silverstone.

Hard to really avoid putting the title on anyone not on the o-line. Removing Bucknor would have a lesser impact in the game than removing Picard or Neufeld. But that's as I said before a function of an attention grabbing spot vs. a spot that you can traditionally hide a weaker player in. Doesn't mean the guy in the hidden spot is better, just that it's less obvious on a play to play basis. I also believe it's a function of the OL struggling as a group where as the secondary outside of Bucknor is pretty ******* good. "Traditionally" maybe you do hide a weaker player at Bucknor's position, but does that put him in the weakest player category by default? I'll concede that Picard is in a more obvious, and more scrutinized position, but his gaffes have been more costly to the team than anything that Bucknor has done. Really? Cause Bucknor getting picked on has lead to a bunch of TD and 2 point converts being given up. The guy was **** last year too but he made a lot of tackles so people mistakenly thought that was good. No it just means teams were picking on him. Kinda hard to put blame a single player for some of that stuff without examples.

WINNIPEG, MB., August 20, 2015 – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers announce today the club has added international linebacker Jasper Simmons to the practice roster. Simmons was most recently with Calgary, playing in four games this season. Simmons (6-1, 225, Missouri, August 20, 1989, in Pensacola, Florida) has played in 26 career CFL games, starting 16. He was Ottawa's nominee for two CFL awards in 2014 - Most Outstanding Player and Most Outstanding Defensive Player. Simmons finished the 2014 season with a team-leading 80 defensive tackles (4th in the CFL), three interceptions, and one forced fumble. He also tallied seven special teams tackles. A four-year CFL veteran, Simmons began his career with Toronto in 2012.

Hard to really avoid putting the title on anyone not on the o-line. Removing Bucknor would have a lesser impact in the game than removing Picard or Neufeld. But that's as I said before a function of an attention grabbing spot vs. a spot that you can traditionally hide a weaker player in. Doesn't mean the guy in the hidden spot is better, just that it's less obvious on a play to play basis. I also believe it's a function of the OL struggling as a group where as the secondary outside of Bucknor is pretty ******* good. "Traditionally" maybe you do hide a weaker player at Bucknor's position, but does that put him in the weakest player category by default? I'll concede that Picard is in a more obvious, and more scrutinized position, but his gaffes have been more costly to the team than anything that Bucknor has done.

Hard to really avoid putting the title on anyone not on the o-line. Removing Bucknor would have a lesser impact in the game than removing Picard or Neufeld.

The development of Randle at SAM has come to a point where there really is no one else on the team I would rather have at that position. I wouldn't be moving him out of there unless I had no other choice (injury). Simmons addition to the depth chart shouldn't affect Randle at all given a healthy back eight.

Pretty quick release.

Middle and weakside are what his two best positions are...

The day you'd order a salad........ Is that a fat joke?

Scott Mitchell ‏@SUNMitchell 47m47 minutes ago As parting gift, Simmons was fined for violating Stamps' social media policy, per source. Like a speeding ticket on way out of town. #CFL Scott Mitchell ‏@SUNMitchell 39m39 minutes ago Sounds like Stamps were weighing giving in to Simmons' demands vs. locker-room that didn't really want him back. Locker-room won. #CFL

Simmons isn't "other teams scraps" he's a legitimate starting MLB. Something the Lions had until they lost Elimimian.

20/20 hindsight.

Read above been stated that veltung is a healthy scratch. He's hurt. I don't really care how they word it in the media - healthy scratch is an incorrect use of terminology, he's on the gameday roster as a member of the 2-man reserve but he's still injured. what's the injury? There is no way to know about this. It's undisclosed and hasn't even been publicy announced. Unless they decide to put him on the IR, no one will know what the injury is. Nevertheless, whatever the injury is, I'm sure it's minor.

No Elliott either.

Marve not wearing his knee brace during the walk-through today. Not sure what that means exactly...

Thanks for putting this together and don't let anybody crap on your choice of music.

If Veltung is actually healthy, Gordon better be excellent. Veltung has been such a reliable target for the QB's. Veltung is not "healthy". They thought he would have been good to go, but he isn't.

Go a little deeper into T'cona to find the real gems. The Central, The Spike, still around too. It's like going into a time machine.